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32 hectares of ancient woodland would be lost, along with 4,800 hectares of farmland and 250 hectares of foreest, according to a report

The extent of environmental damage that would be caused by the proposed
high-speed railway between London and Birmingham (HS2) was laid bare
yesterday in a 50,000-page document showing that 32 hectares of ancient
woodland would be lost, along with 4,800 hectares of farmland and 250
hectares of forest.

Communities living along the route of the southern end of the £50 billion
railway were warned to expect ten years of disruption from 2016.

Protesters gathered outside Parliament as the Government published its High
Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill, which amounts to a formal planning
application for Europe’s biggest infrastructure project. The